Researchers discovered that X-rays using gold nanoparticles as contrast agents may more accurately detect kidney disease.

Together, all of these organs make up the renal system. Each kidney is covered in a thick layer of connective tissue and fat that helps shape and protect the organ. Arteries, renal veins, and nerves ...

Against this backdrop, catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a novel interventional strategy for the management of treatment-resistant hypertension. RDN involves the selective ...

If left untreated, hyperphosphatemia leads to secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT), which then results in renal osteodystrophy (a condition similar to osteoporosis and associated with significant ...

Aug. 28, 2024 — New insights into the biology of kidney cancer, including those informed by scientific discoveries that earned a Nobel Prize, have led to advances in treatment and increased ...

Kidney stones are also known as renal calculi or nephrolithiasis. They typically occur in adults, but can affect children as well and can occur even in babies. Kidney stones form when high amounts of ...